THE INDEPENDENT WARGAMES GROUP.
Being a Journal of views, prejudices,ideas and photographs of wargaming not just nationwide, but hopefully world wide.The name IWG was adopted in the early 1980's in response to the then dominant Wargames Research Group, but things have moved on,and wargaming appears to be in somewhat of a Golden Age, so sit back and hopefully enjoy my rantings.

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Sunday, 9 October 2016

A quick post.

Well just when I had posted that I am unavailable for a week, I manage to finish the Alexandria Rifles and another Louisiana regiment.

The Rifles are a 'small' unit for the purposes of the rules, so I thinned them out even further.

Being a cheapskate at times, I also deliberately thinned out the figures in this unit by simply adding a load of fencing, personally I dont mind the look, some wargamers will probably baulk at the idea.

Only one more regiment to complete to make up the Louisiana Brigade, obviously there will be a battery of guns and a brigadier..

Iain, Actually no, but I just seem to have got into a bit of a routine that seems to work. I am also still painting up my 54mm plastic chaps, and I want to return to my SYW Saxons, but these ACW just keep pulling me back. So much for focusing on a small number of projects.

Well with the weather finally relenting a little I braved myself to start my seasons painting. I should add that I paint in my garage cum wa...

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A Nostalgic Whim

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Independent Wargames Group

Deep in Thought

Independent Wargames Group

Aim;There should always be an aim I believe even if it concerns wargaming. My aim is really to hopefully inspire people to take up a rewarding hobby ie, Wargaming.Being of a mature age I sometimes think hobbies have become redundant in the 21st century,and with the way history is taught in schools in the UK I worry that young people have little idea of the drama,colour and adventure that is history.I was lucky to be inspired as a young boy by a history teacher who loved his subject and was able to convey his enthusiasm to his pupils, from this base I discovered wargaming in the late 1960's.I have been wargaming now for over forty years,and I can honestly state my life would have been pretty dismal without this hobby which at times took over my life and certainly threatened my financial future.